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Environment and Public Health > Environment > Disasters > Relief Work
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Disasters > Relief Work
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Welfare > Relief Work

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Relief Work  

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  • Assistance, Humanitarian
  • Assistances, Humanitarian
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Humanitarian Assistances

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  • coord IM with agency supplying the relief (IM) if pertinent; specify geog if pertinent

Scope note

  • Assistance, such as money, food, or shelter, given to the needy, aged, or victims of disaster. It is usually granted on a temporary basis. (From The American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed)

History note

  • 91(75); was see under DISASTERS 1968-90; was see under DISASTERS & INDIGENT CARE 1963-67

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012066

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